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- W. J. PARKINSON, W. A. M. WELLES AND P. W. TIERNEY.

FILM wmums DEVICE.

- APPLICATION FILED MAY 5. NIH. 1 ,308,99 1 Patented July 8, 1919.

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@zm MKM W. J. PARKINSON, W. A. M. WELLES AND P. W. TIERNEY. FiLM WINDING DEVICE.

APPUCATION mm my a. 19m.

1 308,991 Patented July 8, 1919.

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W. l. PARKINSON, W. A. M. WELLS AND P. W. TIEBNEY. mmwmn'ma DEVICE.

APPLICAHON IILED- IIIM 5. I911. 1,308,991. Patented July 8,1919.

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W. J. FARKINSON, W. A. M. WELLES AND P. W. TIERNEY.

FILM wmnms DEVICE.

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FILM WINDJNG DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 5. mm.

Patented July 8, 1919.

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M/L, Z/ZerATTO/PNEPS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. PARKINSON, WILLIAM A. M. WELLES. AND PHILIP W. TIERNEY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS T0 EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK; A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

FILM-WINDING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

*al outed J My 8, 1919.

Application filed May 5, 1917. Serial No. 186,540.

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Our present invention relates to photog raphy and more. partieulnrli' to photographic emneras or roll holders for exposing photographic film and it hae for its object to provide an improved mechanism whereby the successive lengths of film to be exposed may be quickly and neeumlely drawn into the field of exposure. Another object of the invrntirm is to combine such ieehanism in a simple manner with the shit ter mechanism to the end that a. cheek may he placed u )Oil the operator preventing him from douh ing the. exposure upon. a single picture area through failure to wind a new length of film into position between aetuations of the shutter and from winding ofl film in position for exposure before the shutter has been operated to expose it. The invention contemplates reeling up the film in the usual general manner and the imprmemeutn are di reeled in part toward the means whereby compensation is madei'or the constant in crease in the diameter of the winding roll to cause it to draw up the same length of film each time. To these and other ends the in vention resides in certain improvements and combinations of parts all as will behereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at/the end of the specification.

1n the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a folding camera constructed in aceordmure with and illustrating one emlmdimenlt. of our inren tion;

Fig. 2 is a side View thereof;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevation. of the film winding mechanism with the cover plate shown In Fig. 2 removed and with the parts in the position they occupy immediutlely after the camera has been loaded with film and closed;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section l.ken suliistuntially on the. line l---l of Fig. 3 and also the line l'l of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 after the shutter has been operated the first. time;

Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the position of the part during the win'ding'ot' the film;

Fig. 7 is a similar view showing the parts as they :ippeur at the end of the winding stroke;

Fig. 8 is. a similar \ieW showing the rs turn of the driving member after the fifth expo-mm;

Fig. ii is a simihtr View showing the winding mechanism partially set with various parts broken away or removed;

Fig. l() is a l'ragmentary section on the line ill--10 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 11 is an enlarged section on the line 1l--]l of Fig. 3;

Fig. 1.2 is a collective View showing in perspective and in the order of their ass-our bly the various parts earried on the shalt of the driving member, and

Figs. 13 and 14 are detail perspective views of certain other parts.

Similar reference numerals throughout the several views indicate the same parts.

The camera shown comprises the. usual lint body I having a hinged door and bed on which is projmrted a front 3 conneeled to the body by a bellows 4. The. front and bell jiws fold into the body as usual and the front carries a shutter that moves into the body with it. ()n the inside of aside wall of the body l'is secured a socket 5 that holds the inner end of the flexible easing 6 (Fig. 4) of the Well. known ,oable release, the outer end of which is connected to the shutter at 8 (Fig. 1). The inner cable or thrust member 7 of the release that trips the. shutter terminates in a. push rod 9 pro jeoting from the lower end of the socket 5 and carrying a finger portion or operating member 10 that extends through an opening 100 1.1 in the body Wall to be accessible. from the. exterior of the camera. On the exterior of the camera is: a plate 12 having a. fixed flange 13 forming a finger portion adjacent to the finger portion 10. When the operator presses the finger portion 10 against the finget portion 1-1 by pinching the two together, the shutter is operated.

.\t one end of the body 4) is a film winding chamber 14 containing a spool or reel 15 upon which the film is to be wound in the usual manner after being drawn across the exposure opening. The spool is turned by a head 16 (shown in dotted lines in engagement with its slotted end) on a longitudinally slidable stem 17 terminating in a button 18 on the exterior of the camera. A spring 18" holds the stem in engagement with the spool but by means of the button, the stem may be retracted to release the spool. The stem slides in the hub 19 a small gear 20 and is locked for rotatlon with the hub by a pin 21 (Figs, at. and 10) on th'e'latter that works in a groove or keyway Qz'in the stem. The hub turns in the winding direction only in a clutch block 23 having the usual recesses 24 confining spr gig pressed rollers 25. in engagement w thtlie periphery of the hub to prevent back wind ing. The clutch block '23 is carried by a socket :26 in which it is locked against rota tion and both of these parts are confined bet ween an inner washer-Q7 and the bottom 28 of a gear casing 29 on the outside of the body 1. The latter is recessed as shown to accommodate these parts. The hub 19 tends through a cover plate 30 of the casing 29 and is journaled therein and in a frame plate 81 just beneath it.

Adjacent to the huh 19 is the shaft 32 of a driving member for intermittently turning it and the stem 17 in the winding direction. Motion is communicated from it.to the hub through a large gear 33 that meshes with the gear 20 on the hub but this gear 33 is not fixed on the shaft for movement in other than the'one direction that will turn the reel 15 in the winding direction. The inner end of the shaft 35! is journaled at 34- in plates or washers 35 and 36. Surrounding the shaft. adjacent to its bearing is a clutch socket: 37 (Figs. 4 and 10). This portion of the shaft is flanged at 38 to turn in the socket and recessed at 39 to receive springprcssed clutch ollers 40 that travel on the inner periphery of the socket and lock it for rotation with the shaft when the latter is turned to the right but allow the shaft to idle therein when the said shaft is turned to the left. The large gear 33 is fixed to this socket 37. ()n the outer end of the shaft which is squared at 41 is secured by a washer 42 and screw -43 a cranx lt having a. handle 45.

it will be seen from the above that when the crank 4-! is turned to the right in Fig. i). the clutch I'UllQIH 40 will lock the socket 37 and gear 315 thereto and turn the huh 19 and t'tl'l 15 to thtlct't which is the winding dire tion permitted by the other clutch rollers 25. When the crank 4+ is brought hat-lit however. the clutch rollers 25 will prevent the reel from turningin the l't'\'tl' t' ditvw ment. of the reel 15 but as the reel increasem in diameter from the accumulation thereon of successive convolutions of film, a uniform movement thereof on each actuation would draw a constantly increasing amount of film instead of the length equal to one picture area each time. autol'natically making each stroke of the (rank 44 shorter than its predecessor so that as the film roll increase the movement im parted to the reel decrmscs, This is done in the following manner:

Arranged to turn free! on the shaft 242 next above the gear 33 is a ratchet wheel 46. It is formed with a series of five teeth 47; another series of similar teeth 48 (Fig. 12) a stop 49; an abutment 50, and a pin 51. Next above the ratchet and also free to turn on the shaft is a lever or vibratory member 52 carrying a pawl 53 on its under side pivoted at 54- and formed with a stop shoulder 55. Next above the member 52 is a plate 56 that fits a squaredportion 57 of the shaft and turns with it. This plate provided with :1 depending stop car 58 that is adapted to engage both the stop 4-9 on the ratchet and the stop shoulder or on the vibratory member. A spring 59 attached to the pin 51 of the ratchet 46 tends to hold the abutment 50 on the latter against a fixed stop finger 60 secured to the gear casing '29, as shown in Figs. 3, 5:, (t nd ,L. This represents the limit of movement of the ratchet he therefore arrange for and its stop 49 to the right and hence the holding pawl 61 turning on a fixed pivot (32 in the gear casing .29. Both pawls are nor mally held in operative position by a spring 63, one end of which is connected to an arm (14 on, the pawl 53 and the other end of which is connected to an arm 65 on the pawl 61. It is obvious that this spring will also have a tendency to move the arm 52.011 which the pawl 53 is carried.

The operation ofthe device as so far the scribed is as follows:

Fig. 3 shows the position of the parts with the camera loaded and ready for the winding off of the film for the first exposure.

The stop ear 58 of the driving member is in engagement with the stop shoulder 55 of the vibratory arm 52. The holding pawl 6} is in engagement with the first tooth of the ratchet series l8 while the pawl 53 rests upon a blank portion of the ratchet. As the i crank 4e is turned to the right and the stop 58 moves away from the stop shoulder 55, thespring 63 carries the arm against a stop pin 89 and brings the pawl into the first ratchet tooth of the series 47 and when. the full swing of the crank has been completed. turning the reel 15 the required num her of revolutions, the stop our is lullled by the stop 49 of the ratchet. The crank all is then brought back and halted on the re turn stroke by the stop shoulder 55 but not before it has vibrated the arm 52 suliiciently for the pawl 53 to advance the-ratchet 46 one tooth and with it the stop 49 so that it .will intercept the driving member at an earlier point on the next actuation than it did before. This movement of the arm 52 is limited by the wall of the gear casing :25) and the holding pawl 61 goes intoengagement with the next tooth of the ratchet to i 49, is thus progressively advanced upon eac maintain it in its new ,position. The. stop 1 winding movement so that each time the crank Mihas a shorter throw and the reel 15 is turned to a. less extent. Fig. 8 shows its most advanced position on the return stroke of the crank eftecthe fifth exposure. the present apparatus being designed for a six ex osure film.

be last exposure having been made, the ratehet'and its sto =19 must be carried back to its original position and we make provision for efi'ecting this automaticaliy when the exposed film is removed from the camera and a fresh film inserted. To this end, a push rod 66 is suitably guided beneath the gear case 29 (Figs. 9, 11 and 13) and an end 67 thereof is pressed by a spring 68 into the groove seat 69 for the flanges of the dis placeable back 70 of the camera (Figs. 4 and 11), this back being of the usual construction. lVhen the back 70 is in position as in Figs. 3 and 11, for instance, an car 71 on the push rod that projects through a slot 72 in the gear case 29 is thereby held out of engagement with an ear 73 on the pawl 53 and a similar car 742 on the (push rod projecting through a slot 75 is hel out of engagement with an arm 76 on the holding pawl 61, the spring 68 being held compressed. When the back 70 is removed or displaced, however, and releases the end 67 of the push .rod 66, the latter is actuated by spring 68 and its respective ears throw out the two powls 53 and 61, as shown in Fig. 9. As soon as this disengagement occurs, the ratchet 46 is turned to the right by its spring 59 until the xed stop 60, as

abutment 50 strikes the back is now shown in the same figure. The

which the winding operation can be we ducted only after an actuation of the m nnow and the shutter can in actuated u lit-i the liim has been wound. lii'oied Wall of the body 1 is a driest ion-z upper end of which is :l'mnuul e ih shoulder "iii and with an adjacent i... 1-. face 3U, (Fig. bl. uiiimi on the lur Y I the driving member just below th llilih is a. plate 81 that turns with he that? has a shoulder 82 thereon. when in ing member is rotated hook to set gum. after a winding movement. the slu is engaged by the shoulder T9 of the 78 which snapped into its path by 83. This looks the u Ending: un against windingmovement. There ried by the operating port ion ill of sin ter release a plate that slides emu plate 12 and is acted upon by a spill move the shutter release to oprrsii. tion with the linger pieces .10 and 1 3 rated. At the upper end of the llnii a detent shoulder 86 with an :u'lpu-eui mm surface 87 and just above this the det ur lever 78 of the winding mechanism 9. i u ieled with a shoulder HR. itli the w nd device inched as in Fig. 3, the Slil lili' be actuated before further winding mom ment is attempted. Vlheu so actuated in the manner previously explained. the ram surface 87 on the detent plate 5+1 n: 1hr winding detent TS and frees the minding mechanism but; in doing so. its shouldei or hooks over the shoulder F8 on the klllllll 7*. as shown in Fig. 53, and prevents the shutter operating portion 10 and roi'merieci pares from returning ready for another not nation of the shutter. This detention of the shutter is in turn released by the operation of the winding mechanism for as the projection on the driving shaft progresses during the winding movement. it engages the rum son face of the pivoted detent 78 and displaces the latter sufficiently to free the shoal der 88 thereof from the shoulder 5 of the shutter detent'Sl, allowing the. latter to it turn under the influence of its spring '5 in operative position, all as shown in F 5.

Note is made of the fact their it is the locking of the driving member on the detent 78 that holds the pawl 55, inoulentnrily in the. position of'Fig. 3 before it on s the first tooth. or rather. that pre ent the pawl spring 63 from moving the arm s1? and with it the crank 44 sufficiently to allow the pawl to engage. As soon as the win-ling movement starts, there is a. brief mtfi'enwm of this kind that engages the pawl 53in the lift) firm. looih and which is limited by the engagemerit of the arm with a fixed pin 88, an in Fig. :3.

i l rlaim =i-: our invcmtion:

l. in :2 film feeding device for phottr graph c will holders, the comhinai'ion with a windin re l. :1. rotary driving member ilim-cloi' .onl :i IUlill'f, element carrying a non f r lhc driving! member and movable zhcrcwith, of means actuated h rho irii ing member when moved in one direction for advancing the stop to limit its mov-r-nienr in. the other direction.

in a film feeding device for photoaphic roll holders, l'he combination with :2 winding rec-l, a rotaary driving member lhcrefor and a ratchet Wheel carrying a stop for the driving member and movable concentrically therewith. of a vibratory member actuated by the driving member when moved in one dircrtion and pawl thereon engaging rho rnlrhc? lo advance the-stop and limit *hrmovement of the driving member in the other direction.

3. in a iiiin: ir-cdin" device for photoliJllIL' roll holders. inc combination with windin reel. of a shaft, a. member thereon for iuz'nin. :lu reel intermittently in one dirmrion. a ratchet Wheel fixed on the shaft- :inal having a stop lhcreon for limiting the nindin; nnnumcni of lhe shaft. :1 vibratory member free on the shaft and carrying a Paul, and a Hill}! fixed on the shaft lo en gage he rzzt hci stop when n'iovcd in one ilil vlim and lo engage the vibratory membar and allvonre the ratchet throng: the inclion: of the pawl when moved in the other direction.

.4. In r. feeding device for photographic roll holder. rho combination with a Winding reel. and a rotary driving member adapted to him the reel intermittently in one dirwlion. of a ratchet having a. stop thereon for hunting the winding movement of the dri ring member and alsoan abutment thereonv a vibraltory member adapied to iiinil the return movement of the driving member and car; ing a pawl actuated by the hatter to advance the ratchet and stop, a live-l flop i; limiting ihc resetting movenwot of the rntchot through. contact will. lhc :dmtnirnr. on the latter, a spring for rescrling the ratchet, and means for releasing the pawl.

5. In a film feeding device for photo-- graphic roll holders, theconibination with a winding reel and a driving member for aiming the reel intermittently 1n one d1- reel 1, of a stop for limiting the Wll'ldl-llg nniivcnienl or the driving member, means including: a ratchet and pawl actuated by the 'rinrn stroke of the driving member for adcing the stop in the path of the latter,

a holding pawl for the ratchet and a spring connected at one end to one pawl and at the other end to the other for moving hoth pawls into engaging position.

6. In a film feeding device for photographioroll holders, the combination with a winding, reel, and n. (.lriving member for turning the reel intermittently in one direction, of a stop for limiting the Winding movement of. the driving member, means actuated by the return of the driving memher for advancing the: stop progressively, a holding means for locking the stop after each advance. a releasing member common to both of said moms, and means for returning the sto to initial set position.

{7. In :1 lm winding device for photographic roll holders, the combination with a casing having film chambers, a dinplaoeable cover therefor, a.- winding reel, and a driving member for turning the reel intermittently in one direction, of means controlling the action of the driving member upon the. reel and a'dcvice for releasing the controlling means actuated by the. displace-able cover.

8. In a film Winding device for photogllll'lhl roll holders, the combination with a casing having film chambers, a displaceahle cover therefor, a Winding reel, and a d 'ii'ing member for turning the reel inter miltentlyin one direction, of a cop for limiting the winding movement of the driving member, means for advancing the stop progressively upon eiich winding operation, a holding means for locking the stop after each advance are-leasing device common to both of said means and adapted to be actuated by the displaceable cover and means for returning the size 9. In a film winding device for photographic roll holders, the combination with a casing having film chambers, o winding reel and a driving member for turning the reel intermittently in one direction, of a stop for limiting the Winding movement of the driving member, means for advancing the stop progressively upon each Winding operation, a holdin means for lockin the stop after each advance, a releasing r evice common. to both of said means, means for returning the stop and a displaceable cover for the film chambers operating upon the releasing device w automatically disengage the advancing and holding means when the cover is open and to engage them when the cover is closed.

WILLIAM J. PARKINSUN. WILLIAM A. M. \VELLESa PHILIP W. TIERNEY.

Vitnesses:

HOWARD C. WELL-MAN, MAXWELL H. HILL. 

